Batman/Superman: World’s Finest 2024 Annual review

I’ve been looking forward to this one since it was announced – a bunch of World’s Finest-adjacent characters in their own stories. First we have Mr Mxyzptlk, Bat-Mite and their Just-Us League of Imps meeting at the Fifth Dimensional Hall of Just-Us. Mxy has an agenda to discuss but no one is listening. I just […]

Unstoppable Doom Patrol #7 review

It’s the finale of the mini-series starring the World’s Strangest Heroes, and goodness me, there are a lot of them. We have the classic quartet, several generations of recruits, a few trainees and, by the end of this issue, even villains lending a hand. Classic nemesis General Immortus has given himself an upgrade, stealing the […]

Unstoppable Doom Patrol #5 review

A quiet morning in New Poplar, Illinois, is rudely interrupted when the Doom Patrol comes calling. And they’re not in a good mood. Happily, they’re not possessed and being forced to attacked regular folk. Nope, they’re possessed of information – mental marvel Mento has learned that the town is a front for the decidedly dodgy […]

Knight Terrors: Zatanna #1 review

As the cover makes obvious, the title of this DC summer event tie-in should be Knight Terrors: Zatanna and Robotman – Cliff Steele is as big a part of this as the Mistress of Magic. The issue begins where Knight Terrors: First Blood left Zee, with her facing an attack by the minions of Insomnia, […]

Unstoppable Doom Patrol #4 review

How freaky is Chris Burnham’s cover? The lady with the notepad – and extra heads – is the Doom Patrol’s resident psychiatrist Dr Syncho, earthly avatar of five ‘Fifth Dimension Entities’ collectively known as… well, let’s hear from the lady herself. The off-panel voice belongs to Degenerate, the first member of the Patrol’s field team […]

Unstoppable Doom Patrol #3 review

The Doom Patrol really do have to be unstoppable this month or their new mission of ‘saving the world by saving the monsters’ is dead in the water. Negative Man and Robotman are being chased by two Green Lanterns they try to get a new metahuman to the relative safety of their HQ. Their charge […]

Unstoppable Doom Patrol #2 review

Two things I love in comic books are Day in the Life issues and the Traitor Within the Legion trope. And with Unstoppable Doom Patrol #2 writer Dennis Culver and artist Chris Burnham give us a terrific twofer. The Day in the Life aspect sees us introduced to DP base The Shelter as new character […]

Unstoppable Doom Patrol #1 review

The Doom Patrol have a mission – find the new ‘monsters’ of the DC Universe and save them from society. Because they’re not monsters, they’re victims of the Lazarus Planet event, ordinary people changed into something else by a magical resin. They may have great power, but with great power comes people wanting to exploit […]

Lazarus Planet: Dark Fate #1 review

Another week, another Lazarus Planet anthology, with another meaningless subtitle. May as well call it Lazarus Planet: Random Doomy Words. You know the deal by now. Magic green rain is coming down, people are getting super powers, blah blah. This one I’ve been looking forward to, though, as it brings the return of the Doom […]

Lazarus Planet: Legends Reborn #1 review

Legends reborn! That sounds exciting. And indeed it is thrilling for this old Firestorm fan as the Nuclear Man is thrust back into the DC spotlight. As for the other characters who get solo strips, I don’t keep up with Renee Montoya, but I guess this is the first time she’s returned to the role […]